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ih , The Fori Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC ft. W. BRADFORD. - Ed. and Prop. One ywnr ........ S1.0C Six months Be On application to the publisher, ad* | vcrtlitnc rate* are mud* known to those Interested. ' Entered at the post office at Fort Mill. 8. 01. as ascot) d class matter. SEPTEMBER 12, 1907." There *re time* when puree strings are tightened when there is a proposition of a public nature calling for contributions. Men will talk of their past contributions, of the failure of this and 1 the other project, and will refuse I to pay money for further plans which they say will not or'ng money to their pockets. There are some of these men to be found in every community, just as there are small potatoes in overy hill. But when this condition becomes general, when men to whom the community has a light to look for a slight return for the benefit and the prosperity which they enjoyed, refuse thus to discharge one of their plainest duties and whan the number of such men becomes so gre^t as to threaten the success of movements in the public interest, that condition is an evidence of a dry rot which, if not speedily removed, will land the community in the commercial graveyard. The man who pays his debts and his taxes may be a blessing or a curse to the community. It depends on what else he does. In making this statement it is to be understood that by the word "'debt" is meant the ordinary cash obligation which a man incurs in the transaction of his business. There are men who appear to believe that so long as they are not indebted to their neighbors for goods purchased, or the municipality or the State for the iasc tax levy they have dis charged their whole duty and nothing more can be asked of them. But in reality a man's duty to his neighbor is limited only by his power to do his neighbor good, and his duty to the community by his ability to be of service to it. The community in which the prevailing * statement is "What do I get out of it?" is one which does not and cannot prosper. The United States is the only country in which the son of the poorest mechanic or laboring man may become its ruler and where the daughter of a farmer may become the wife of a President and the mother of Senators. It is the only country where all earthly honors are within the reach of every citizen and where depends upon the individual nimself whether he will be a Senator or a street-sweeper, a railroad president or a railroad ection hand, a millionaire or a pauper, a general or a policeman, a banker or a bankrupt. An excellent ruling has recently been made by the postal authorities at Washington for which they are entitled to the united ; thanks of the mail earners. It; has hppn rnlpil fhaf urKora o ?won ! keeps a vicious dog aboit his premises that makes it dangerous for a carrier to deliver mail, such delivery may be omitted. Unless the carrier is willing to risk danger of the dog, the owner of the the vicious brute will have to de- i dend upon himself in getting his j mail at the postofnee. Every man talks in an imporportant way about his mail. He jnas to go down town Sundays to get his mail; hates to leave town 'ibecauses he misses his mail, and 5 most of the time all tnere is in it is a bill or two and circulars advertising a mining scheme. If he happens to be at home when he opens it, 4 'hush,'' the mother 1 will tell the children; don't disturb your father while he is reading his mail. Raise Hay and Cattle. -v ? .^aan who lias been a farmer for over sixty years, and who is a decided success at the business, aums up his experience in these 1 words: "Farm products have a, selling value at the place of their ! making -a value just as they' :ome from the soil. They have 1 also an additional value to the' farmer who converts them into > 1 more condensed form, bv feedng then to livestock. That is , aeir feeding value. We thus ret to the manure value, and it urely is a most important one. "o increase the fertility of the oil, is like loaning money at om pound interest?it doubles he value every eight or ton jars. The farmer who selis ses the feeding and manui-iai Jues. If he parts with a ton of i ay for $9, say, and could make I pay him $12 by feeding it to I vttle and sheep, he has lost $3 I J the feeding value and $3 worth m : manure. In other words, !.? is sold his hay for $G per ton B ?s than it was worth if used S / hpn." The need of oasture, [B ly a^d Hevstock in good farm-1 I9| * ? syse tku$ seen,?$x. HeHb The BUI Law. Act of 1907. ? "It shall be unlawful to hunt any wikl turkey, quail, partridge, woodcock, mongolian or other pheasant between the first day of March and the fifteenth day of November except in the following counties, where it shall be unlawful to hunt them between the first day of April and the first day of November: Beaufort, Hampton, [ Dorchester, Colleton, Charleston, Barnwell, Berkley, Aiken, Oco! nee, Iiexmgton, fNdrfleld, Saluda, Georgetown and Clarendon, or to ell or expose for sale, ship or export for sale, to Dot-hunt. net. I trap, or by fire light to catch, kill, injure or pursue with such intent any of these birds named in this section, nor shall any person destroy or rob the nests of snch birds. For violation, on conviction, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than twenty (20.00) dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days. Nothing in this act shall prevent the importation for sale of any of the said birds. The having in posession of any of the said birds sold or exposed for sale, or shipped, shall be prima | facie evidence of a violation of ! this Act and the burden of proof shall be upon the person to show | that they were imported from another State or territory." Observer Damaged $25,000 by Fire. Fire broke out in a store room on the third floor of the Charlotte Observer building Monday morning at 1.30 o'clock, smothered a boy to death, destroyed the entire third and fourth floors, and damaged considerably the machinery and fixtures on the two lower floors The morning edi-j tion of The Observer was issued from the office of the Evening News. It is not known just, how the the fire started, but it is supposed that George Wilson, a deaf and dumb boy who had been sleeping ! in the matrix room, struck a match in his efforts to find a comfortable place to sleep, throw- j ing it down while it was blazing, ...iil i i!.; I - . i ? * ' wiuiout noticing- wnat ne naa done. The body of young Wil-1 son was found between two type j cases on the floor, where he had been overcome by smoke. The greatest loss was to the bindery on the fourth floor, this being completely destroyed. The j total loss is estimated at $25,000. I fully insured. Ball Weevil in Pleasant Valley. I The farmers of the Pleasant Valley section of South Carolina are greatly exercised over the | discovery of a peculiar worm in cotton bolls which bears a strik-1 ing resemblance to the Texas; boll weevil. Mr. R. M. Pickett, \ of this city, brought one into the News office todav and also a boll | showing how the insect entered 1 it. The worm, he said, was fourd on the farm of Mr. J. M. Hai ris. This worm is doing a great deal of damage in the Pleasant Valley section, especial'y in the larger cotton, where they are j found in abundance. Farmers in Mecklenburg reported the appearance two years , ago of what was thought to he the bell weevil and lost no time in getting a government expert here to investigate. The insect WAS In 1m onmn rvn - . w..vv?? W MV OVIIIV- IA-- j culiar variety of the worm, not the boll weevil, which was discovered in patches especially in Providence township. ?Charlotte News, Monday. Another New Cotton Mill. Dr. \V. Cii Wylie, of New York, and Messrs. V/. VV. Moore' and J. B. Johnson, of Rock ITill, j S. C., have organized a company for the building of a new cotton j mil! either at Fort Lawn or Rock I Hill. The new mill will be known as the "Wymojo," the name being derived from a combination of the first two letters in the names of the incorporators. The capital stock of the company will be $125,000. The articles of incorporation were drawn yesterday and application filed for a chartc r. The location of the new mill is yet in doubt. Rock Hill is mak ing a strong bid tor it and so is { Fort Lawn. Fort I>awn has of- j fered a site and the indications j are that its hid will be accented. I Fort Lawn is admirably situated to become a thriving manufacturing centre. It will enjoy excep tional railway facilities when the Seaboard completes its extension, this giving it another road. It is now in close touch with the Southern. The monster devel-1 opmer.t of the Southern Power Company is but ten miles away with its cheap motive jxiwer. It \ is a well known fact tnat the officials of that corporation *;re exceedingly anxious to promote the building of new mills and with this in view are ready to offer special inducement*-. Work on the Wymojo mill will commence this fall. -Charlotte Observer, Thursday. ?The dry goods merchants of the town are busy getting things in shape for the fail trade, which promises to be good, TU Hiffc Scfc?l Et,di>.. The Times is in receipt of a letter from Prof. W. H. Hand, of the University of South Cam- i lina, concerning the establish- < ment of a high school in connection with the Fort Mill graded i school. It will be remembered that Prof. Hand visited Fort i Mill some weeks ago in the i interest of the school and explained that we could get the ] high school department without 1 an iota of extra tax or cost. The i necessary steps were taken and an election was ordered to be i held Saturday, August 24, but , was called off for the reason ] that the county superintendent ] informed the local board that an ] extra levy would be necessary in 1 each of the three districts asking i for the high school. The local i board were at sea as to what tn \ ! do and at once communicated j ! with the authorities at Columbia. 1 ! This correspondence resulted in 1 I the board being fully as- < j sured by the attorney general, < State superintendent of education and Prof. Hand that the I county superintendent was in i error, and just as Prof. Hand i had explained on his visit here, ; that the high school did not call < for an extra levy or other extra , cost. In his letter to The Times < Prof. Hand says in part, 'The i people of Fort Mill understood i what I said about the high school < as I intended them to understand me. I send you enclosed marked 1 copy of the High School Act. Section 3, as my authority." j Following is section 3 of the ] Act referred to above: < "That the Board of Trustees j of eyei^r High School so estab- i lished is hereby autborizti to levy annually for the support of such j ! High School, not exceeding two < i mills on the dollar in addition to the levy now allowed by law, wof all taxable property within such 3 High School district, the tax to ( be collected in the same manner as special levies arc now collected under Section 1208 of said I Code: Provided, That the right to make it a levy merely for con- \ \ ducting the Hign School for the > then next current scholastic year ! as now defined in Section 1232 of 1 j said Code may be voted down for i that year in the same manner as I ' now provided for in said Section 1208 with reference to voting ' upon special levies for School i District purposes." I From the above Act it will be [ be seen that the high school tax is not compulsory?only permit- t ted?and with our present extra s school levy of two mills there is ! no reason or likelihood of an ex- h tra levy shcuM the high school be established. In fact, we have x been assured by several mem- * bers of the local board of trus- 1 tees tiiat the question would not be given a moment's considera- f tion were the extra tax compulsory or if there was the slightest i reason to believe that an extra levy would in the future become necessary. ' In another column we publish a notice calling for an election on . next Saturday, the 14th, to de- . cide the question. It is hoped i[ that a full ballot will be cast. 1 If the people want the higher ^ grades in tne school, let them go ( out and vote for them; if not. it * is one's privilege to vote against the proposition. The Farmer's Pay. \ i The Charlotte News prints the 1 following Doetic lamentation of 1 a Tennessee farmer whose favor- , ite rezorback hog met an untime- 1 ly death by coming into contact 1 with a locomotive. Believing he * deserved redress for the loss the J, farmer wrote the company: i "My razorback, Strolled down your track, In sport the other day; c Old 29, i Came down the line, 1 And sniffed his light away. You can't blame me, For the hog. you see, * Slipped through the catticgate, So kindly pen, A check for ten, ' The debt to liquidate." i The company's reply was char- | acteristic of that cruelty and dis- , regard of the razorback and it t wrote; "Old 29, . Came down the line; I And killed your hog, we know; But razorbaeks, 2 On railroad tracks, Quite oft on meet with woe; H Therefore my friend, , We cannot send, i The check for v. hich you pine - 1 Jusr. plant the dead, j Place o'er his head, u 'Here lies a foolish swine.' " s % W. F, HARRIS & S FORT Ml! <f> Sober Service day arid night. ^ able. For moving in wagons i ^ load. Passengers to and from ^ 25c. Surry cn street or at R?il you need a nice Trap for your i ^ per hour, 4 passengers. Here for business. Fir Fmt Bel* to Ik* Am. David Wallace, of Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, is making an experiment this year with cotton on his place which will be watched with interest by every cotton planter. In cultivation and preparation as well as in the variety of seed used Mr. Wallace i3 specializing. He has a quarter of an acre planted and expects confidently to irake a full 500-pound bale on the quarter. The seed were obtained in the spring of last year from F. M. 1 Johnson, and are of excellent kind. The seed cost Mr. Johnson at the rate of ahnnt Sinn a VuiaViol Last season Mr. Wallace planted the few seed in one row, leaving the stalks six feet apart. Thirteen stalks matured and the branches met and overlapped in the center of the rows. When the extra heavy bolls matured the weight of the large number [>n each branch broke and split [>ff the twigs. From the seed raised off the thirteen hii'.s and hand-picked, the quarter of an acre is planted this year. The rows are five feet apart and the stalks are left one or two in a hill five feet apart. In cultivation Mr. Wallace proceeded with unusual thoroughness and care. Eight loads of stable manure were scattered over the ground, and on top of that 200 pounds of guano was broadcast. The land was turned and subsoiled twice. The rows were laid off as stated, and since the cotton has come up the patch has been carefully attended in, the matter of cultivation. Mr. Wallace is watching with interest the yield outcome of the specialized experimental patch, i ?Misses Isabel and Dora Grierl ire attending the Presbyterian College in Charlotte. Lett?r to S C FABIS. Fort Mill 8. O. Dear Sir: What will it cost to sow :on ncret* half wheat and half dainy mi vo/IV uitd wkrt#'!! frko ???? MiAvut Mt?>< v* tMSV ?i I'MV Uiup IA7 VTUriUf We (lou t know what daisy-seod cost*, lor how balky it it; we suspect half tvlioat and half daisy would wake a Jig crop of daisied, and last a long time; :ku wheat might be short. The parable throws some light 011 the ?at of n (Niiut half whitewash. Whito .vash, mixed half and half with {mint, s all-piint iu look und feel; iudeod liuo-teiitlis of the "paint" in the itores is hal' whitewash, some half, tome more, some less. Puiut lias to be spread with the irusb, the surfuoe prepared, the ladders icafToids pulleys and roi?cs arranged and ( novod, there's a great deal of labor in , Hitting paint ou, it costs $2 to $1 a (allou to do it. What does it oost to paiut white vash? Just the saiue. Half-white- \ vash? Jnst the dame. It dosn't seem ! vortli whilo, for the white-wash does 1 lurtu, not good. Will the paint hold the white-wash < ast? or the whitewash loosen the paiu'.V Better jiaint pure paiot, the least- | callous paint, t.ho least money paint, 1 Jevoo. Yours truly F. \V DtVOE & CO '. S. W. B. Ardrey soils onr paiut. ?Mr. Theo. Harris, son of Mr. | N. F. Harris, left this week for 21emson where he will enter I :ellege. Mr. Ladson Massey, i who was a student of the college ; luring the past session also returned this week. EN;oaSED BY THE COUNTY. "Tho most popular remody in Otacgo >iunty, and t he best frieud of my fatni- ' y." writes Win. M . Diets, editor aud mhliuhur nf tho %?iu wovtxuv/ iiumuuti urn- | >ertsville, N. Y., "is Dr. King's New { Discovery. It has proved to be an in- ! allible cure for coughs and colds. I unking short work of the worst of them. ! iVe always keep a bottle in the house ! helievo it to be tho uioatvaluable pre- I >cripiion known for L.nug and Throat liseases " Gnaimteed to never dis- ! bppoiut the takers by all druggists. ! I'rioe 50c and $1.00} Trial bottle free, j The most practicable method ; )f silencing the silly claims that t \ndrew Jackson was bom ini ^orth Carolina would be to move ! .he publication office of the Charotte Observer to *'ort Mill, says lie News and Courier. "REGULAR AS THE SUIT" s an expression as old as the race. No loubt the rising and setting of the sun s the most regular performance in the iniverse, unless it is the fcetloH of the iver and bowels when regulated with Dr King's New Life Pills. Ouuraneed by all druggists. 26o. Weight and prices guaranteed ' ror Cotton and Cotton Seed by 1 T. B. Belk. Don't sell before rou see us. "EVERYBODY^HOULD ENOW" ays C. G. Aays, a prominent business nan of Bluff, Mo., that ftuckleu's Ariic-a Salve is the quickest and surest tealiiig salvo ever applied to a sore, , niru or wound, or to a case of Piles. ,,ve used it and know what I'm talking ujouw. uuarauKica t>y all druvgiatS f>o. , 1 L ? ! !ONS, Liverymen, -L, S, C. # Rates for teams reason- { my place in city, 50c per ^ depot, 25c. Trunks each, ^ way depot at all hours. If ^ 'riends call for it, rate $1.00 W ? leils a^Lmchei | To my friends: I have fitted up a First-Class Lunch Room in | connection with my Cold Drink Stand and will appreciate a share of your patronage in this line. When in town call and let me i serve you a good lunch or meal. , J AS. H. PATTERSON. NOTICE. Book* of Snbocriptton to the Capital Btookof the Fort Mill Building and Loon Association will be opeued at the Savings Bauk at nine o'clock a. m. Saturday, Sept, the 14th, 11)07. 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